Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 4, 1877, Page 7

H THE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 187/—SIXTEEN PAGES PORTING Further Relating to TLouisville's Base-Ball “Crooks.” The Full Confessions of Hall and Devlin, How Those Innocent Lambs Were Led Astray. Probable Result of the Revela- tions upon the “ Na= tional Game.* - An Essay on the Business of Conducting a Race« Track. lady Grant’s Owner Comsents to Trot Her a Mile in Two Minntes. The Troe Inwardness of fhe Late Race Between Ten Broeck and Parole. BASE-BALL. THE FEATCRE OF THE BASE-BALL SEASON of 1877 has been the culmination of the charges of fzuud in the trial of four members of the Louis- vilie ninc, and their espulsion from the Club and the Lesguc. The main facts of tae case were told in s secial digpatch to this paper yesterday; but, - inasmuch s there is the rreatest interestin this sub- jectin the protession and the frienas of the game, itisproper 1o print more fully the testimony 1n the, csse. J11¢ found in fall m the Courier-Journal of yesterday. That paper begins its account by clansing its share of credit for ibe exposure, 7 certainiy should have. Itseems thut the examinations by tne Direciors were held Friday ana saturday eveninze, Oct. 20 and 7. The ad- misions mide by the men who confessed were voluminous, but the gist of them is given in the folivwing: TESTIIONY OF GEORGE NALL. Atout thrce ur four weeks atter Al Nichols folned the Luuls:lle Club, e made e a proj o3lilon 10 esstst 1 itrowing LesJue games, und § sald 10 bim, v+ 111 Lave nutitag to'dy with aby League games.” This TU; CH.GIUR WAS DA e efore e ciub Wen: 0 {13 last m trip. He never wale the proposition nbout fuazoe gansbutonce. Ia Cltishurs he made me a [ o003 10 1LT0 ' 1€ Alleghany gume. and 1 sxreed Gl He piumil>_d 1o di¥id. Witli me wasc lie received from Ll frien 13 New Yors, WHO Was DCLLINE 0D The iy vis siid [ were U TIrow LUC £ae by play- ooy iic in Chi Tast West- eri: iri 1 recelved a telegram from Nchols. statiag S o tbe bole, and usking how be twid | Chapman that This dis wed Wad Irom my brotweran-law who lfved ' Sudimsre. 1 afi’ not rely 1o the. dspatcs etz urt made We 2 pro,vstt R 10 3RTOW the BEIIE 10 L 15 Lie Liotel o Upul Lhe street. < We ;b ogtee 1o Coiuinbus aud seat o dis- Faich 10 3 IURD 15 NEX TOTA bY (8¢ Nawie of M £3510g B4t we Would loge Tue Clucinpatl game. ~ Mo: 34 Dovl-selier. TG te.€ 10.0- was n.zued *° 1) IYea 50 snswer (v (ifs teh gram. 1 did wud. Devlin kiew him. e load seus \€T. wud DUYIE p8Ve 06 S35, Une of pated 1 Mecluud from LoalsvLic, suy e have Lot feard fruti o~ e 1aen seni (he $39 jobeslin: s was e 1 Lo O Cinclunat] gume. We {bevlin and 1all) teiecraptied t6 MeLluud 1row Louis: fille LAt the viud would jose (he Clucisnati game. | AV a0y TOney 107 aslSting i Lirowi T3hink L was Luc 7 103 y8ime. Leyliu sa.d thac Bedid 10X W30 10 3K Lhe order L BEYE Dis teieTaphs s ald 1 wosl rem fimn. SEIMONY OF JAMES A. DEVLIN. Wes jatrocticed W wan uuied McCioud In New Sork, whu safd . hat when 1 wanced 10 mase a fiie 0 It B KDOW, | WHS 10 Use the Word **s.sh and b would KNOW wiat was meant. Lhe overiures 10 me 1o throw gamvs 4le wrote a letter to me ang in the letzer be safd, Cau't 1emember woat sld¢ and asked Llm If oo it ve was cunld get out. 1 Iegraphi Hall LFau i Fuiie in Colutaban, 0. ten e tabic In O room. “iells Luke tome nioue) rsewssing. Calied Hall o. Besit i a0d st Vs, 1 [Toposed 10 telexraph D3:Lious ana wedld o, We tade s conuract L Jose 4o Lmcumat gume, McCloud seoi me SI00 o w ite:"aca | gove Uail €25 o1 It rold bim tat Jfe Lot onty sene $50. Helyed 1o Throw 3 kame in iu- Zaaspuila. Hail was wilh me do 1L Keceivea $I00 froia _iccioud Tor It Did not gite aiy o tais 0 Hall. fave 010 Wy Wie. NevVCr Lid wuFiaing o do wisi Niceols, uall wid e thay Mchols bad approached za0 uut e wever (Ol hie that he bud thrown auy Ftues bul those 1 Cicineati and lodianapoits. Don't Lw £, A, Wiluas. Suspected Craver m oge of the Earticrd gues, aud £pose of 1L W Cua,man. Tod Exl oy thit We b Detter maks clean breast it GEORGE HALL RECALLED. Since jast ugut | bave thougut ot another game Sichos und L1hrew, 1t wes Witn tue Lowell Cub, of Loweil, sass. lieand § sgrced W 1row it 1ie dll alt e K ETapNIng, Mever got & ceut frum Nivhols jur e games ¢ wid § irew. "My Lrudhcr-1n-Iaw s often o1 %352 1001 (0T BOU WiBailiy Livtey.” il bas Ed £his 1oT several years. | H1s WGiafui LIS WAy causcd ccn s When L as f sirooklyn the ed ine If We could no. mukd sote moaty 1l palen aud 1 told M 1 would let Aim know shen wecould. fi¢ bet on ifie Allegheny game aud et Teieirashed itn from here SUOUL Lae Indiansapo- Lisme. Had o tals who b Juse, 1 Cuus i Btvoiyit, 506t aelllng games. 1(3)esent iwo or tare: ARAE 1wl —eot Over taree. W15 bawme. i6 Frauk 2owill. aud Lie lIves at 865 Fuiton street, Lrouslyn. Cuuli 8niCa e OW e RSt Up If 1 cotd not get touuy 10 Work Broukiyn Tor us. I caut tell Elere il Was that . fenvls it approachied me about troafug Leazee games, Wuea 1 told bl that § ould pire Dutliui 10 o with Lecgue pames, | Desat that 1 would Ko 1 witn Lim on outanle gumes. 1 Dado Te Proposition svuut the Cluinuati game to bevlin. Laot ilgat 1 nasd e made 5 t0 me. 1 made e yrupasition -4 columbus. - NICA0ls spoce 10 me la Ucluuais svout selitu the’ Cluclunald gatne. sud 1 S840 wotld see ubOUL T, Mehols saluz *ticorse, try mdgetonnin” e suggested that 1 should write & lefter to Uevil. DV was notin Lk roum when | F1uie I In tlie note 10 Levln 4 shink L sald: **.iiin. Lo¥ canl we muke astake 1left the note on the mar- Ue-soy Labie in uur roums at the BUrnet Huuse, Cuicia- Bad. “Wheh ¢ next suw vevii he wad in the room put - g on i baul Clotues, and it was there ihat he suid: Ofée, W0 you mean ¥ And 1 sad: *tYew, iz " “After Devifo sccejted thie proposition, 1 tol. M.Bols tust Jio was i I8, Nfeaols was oot In ‘with us Gaice Cclonm gume. Thiok { wrote the letter to Leiafn Columbas, Lut won't be certaln. Think | galtuyed iic noteat e Ume. ~ DId not take {t out of L louket two or turee duys afterwara aud destroy Ir. Amceranof tuls, Aever kot e ni for the 1o fan isgame. Deviln sald that be hiad never heard from ouloud mosutthe mouey 10F 1L Never received but E30rum veslin, JAMES DEVLIN RECALLED, Hulrs Jetter to me was wrliten fu the Neal House, Cimubas. After recelving tue lecter | next ssw biiit 1 or Yoom when we were dressiug for the gam ie56t say Just night that | called Wim on one sid atked iufm {1 be meudt It We telegraphed aiter the olumuus ssme 1o Mevioud, saytng toat the Cla- conail gawe"would De lgst. ,Did mo. know tat Dchols was t with siall. Hali fold me that Nlchols Fa “1n" on the Allgheny game, Georsctovk the letier e wrote me out 07 wy Jocket and” Lore it up. Irlswssone or two duys miter he wrute L Lont kww whewner 1 was in Cowtnbus or Ciuclnnatf, George 1Ll wie that Lie Wok 1L out 0f my pucket sud 10 wicusrd Toln, Wio keeps'the paper- din 1arle's uolel, Aew York, fniruduced me to Newuud un var fast’ Trip Lust. ' Kbew ot sictloud, WU never recelvea any word frum Lim before b lobin took me to M Coud {2415 was there thst 1 made the agreemient w1 him. imTes e 131 BIVOLC BULEe, NCA RUbme D0 r- BeGere with s fawlly. 1t Wil on Sundsy af:érooon jualcallea va biim. Never recelved vut S300 from ban. luis wastor oue Cincinnat and two 1ed.anapolis Famct Was fo one Indfanipolis gume by myself. all @300t kouw It Was In uniy one’game 8z Cir-cionatl. Leceived atl money irom McCloud by mall. Hail sent Iedestapa to bim aouut drst {ndianapolls game. The Iierau wassent frum here. 1 told him 10 dse the Fard *'8ash.” [ telegraghied him abous second Lndian- fiuls gume. Nichols Bever fpuke 10 me 8503t games. he<el e money vy teleyraph from Jopn J. Marifu 10 LBOUR of £100 Tor gamea won here. GOLS25 for eac. fame. Tils was waen we were winnlGg so masy gatties Shpuromygrouns, Sigaed wy teesaihs 1o Mariln o Never wined any telesraphs except L AD or L & 1LY ¥ Ctepo TESTIMONT OF GEORGE SHAFFER. Nehols 10} me thatne was bay ols on the FEmes. He10.d me »o 1n Indinnspolis, Claciunati, and SexYurk. Saud lie was betunt os games through o Janyin New York. - Nicuols tolime that **if fe i3l a jlance e wowia noL be a sucker, ” meanimg that € e 4d 4 chaued (0 0w 8 gawie 1or money he weuld do & 13 Xew York a man ~ame up 1o me and asked 17 4 boed where Craver was. Safd tuat a triend ot Craver, Fise uame of sulder, Lud pot oll the woney out of YarPool-0X. anf thot he (the man) would biow Lra- JETe bralos ot i e could eateh bim. ave esnd of mecllL vat dun't know him. Nfehols safd he thought §i2e ui the piayers were not workiue it on the square. wadersiood bii 10 mean Craver. TESTIMONY GF JOSEPI J. GERIARDT. k8% MeLloua. He fs u pool-selier. Was Intro- fuced to_him vy Mr. Camincser. Un the Unlon Tounds, Broklyn, ¥red Treacy hrought me s teles £ sldresseid 1o Deviin, ana 1 10ld him that 1 would £velito himafter the pame wae over. Lut Bubby Bt smid (o glve (Ui nim At 03ce, 26 fi uuEit & important. a8} Fave 1t 10 him, 30d aftewards Deviin Shit was 1rdm 2 Tuan in Pudladelphia, to whom be mflmv-n'-r. 7¢* leln, Treacy, Matthews, and Eday 2 Were together. -uler ciomng tne testimony, the Courier-Journat £Xplin tuat the way the mutter was traced down ;f-s D exuumning Lhe telegrims sent and received f.the plavers, ~ All eizned & pper authorizing Llis examination except Craver, wno refused so- fulutelr, “|he reacons why he was expelled are 5 get forzh: Srvers piay in severnl games hiad been 6o suspiclons B0 8thount 2lmust (0 2 Cuniieil.n, and his manage- ent of the men (ae Lelng Assisiant Capiatn) tn several lalices numstaxably indicated pis {ntention to lose fROee. Tue evigeice 0o tais poful_was sumelent 1o {3325 the Llreutors of crookedness. Gerharit. shafer 120 Latham sisy (ptitied toat he was Thic direst cause 2 eos: of the errurs they ma ¢, Lie baving rurpokely Tated " tuem. He was so strongly uspevted by tie fioager thiat he' was lald 0ff in 80 (mporian: Lame. ‘o Cotfessed to olaying cards ot faje and upseasonable 3pirs0a pighis | eor fmporiani Fumes were o be flaSed in irect viulalion uf tue peremptury orders of fhe Directors “and thie manager. lie alsy disobeyed drorders w regard to o5 .Ring thns disquallfying hegifyrom esT. . and by othér misconduct com- expuls ¥ & THE PLAYERS ACQUITTED ARE Latham, Shafter, Crowley., tGernardt, and Laferty. Ihis Jeaves suyder ana Hogue etill under examuna- m;;,_ The resolations of expulion are as tnllnwsl; esolted. ‘i hat. for sellins gumes, conspiring 10 sel mes. S04 taibering With biayers. A- He Sichols. |, witl crookedus by 2 unantmons vote, the ayes and noes being called, D and bereby s expelfed froni the Loutsville Ciab. i¢solret, That W. M. Craver, becauss Of - dlg- Obedience ‘of positive orders. of yeneral misconduct, and of suspiclous play, fn violation of his contract and the rules of the Leagué, be and hereby i1 expelied from the Loulsyile Club, Resolved, That, for selling. Eames, consplring to sell £ames, and tampering with players, George Hall be #od hereby 12 expelled from the Loulsville Club. Resnized, That, for selling 7‘11\:!, <consplring to rell gamics, and tampering with 1layers. James A. Deviin and heeeby {8 expeiled from the Loulsvilie Club, S evired, That auy suma 1o the credit of pla de’d for' cause be, and the same gre hereby, urieited, The comments of the C.-J. on THE STUPIDITY OF THE THIEVES are rather humorous, us witness: “The Loulsville birectors would huve found it a hopeless task to have fasiened ruilt on a single player lg’:hslr nine had tbey been deallnz with himan belngs gifted with even an ordinary degree of shrewdness. Thelr coat-talls might have been crammed with ail the sus- Picion the world pruduces. and they would have been compelled to have remaraed content with the suspic without the accompanying proots, had they been deat- 193 with other than 1h¢ most fgnoraat of rascals, Had Devlin and Hall locked their Jaws, had they refused 1o Answer a sinzie question put 10 them, or had they work- ed the tuing ona lylog ticket all the way through, tues could” huve 'had a -folly Ume ~ skipping around o the St. Louls grounds next season: Craver could have carrfed out his litile con- trct with the new iariford club: and Nichols —Dless his dear, lovely hide!~couid have Juoked aronad and discovered a more extended eld for s Decallar operations than his short Tures monthe' sty on the Loutsuilia niue opzued uato him. " True, the dear buy accomplished quite enough fn the iittle time atlowed lim. but a standing engagement for e season. is be ter calculated to draw hin out aad show what tine en- Eincerine capacities the young man is really gified with, Hall and Devifn, howeser, like two true-blovded sumskulls, became possceeed of the e Lhat some of thetr **secret-service ” manlpulations hnd been brou, ht ltolizht, and on the(r Arst aspearance before the Di- reciors fimmediately began squealing wosse than two Slucs plgs. The cat eacaped {rom fts meul-bay conflne- ent. and wili the feline’s coming the accupations of Zour promiuent Otkelios of Uie green diwwond 1ok Wwings and gently soared away to lecward. o COMMENTS. Natarally enough comes the question to Tre TRIBCNE, What do you think of 1t? The anewers are not long: 1. There has been as much crookedness in St. Louie us in Louisville. 2. The ultempt to cut off the investisation by Dhanging up Joe Blong and Joe Battin is like stop- Ppivg a fountain with a nandful of eal. Honesty cannot be had in the sume until at least two other 1.cu connected with St Louis Cwb have been pul uway fromit. vrofessional sawblers don't make good ball-players. THE SCEAP-UEAY, The Fall Rivers have played during the vear 91 games, winning 51, tiengd, sud losing 4. Juck Gailagher, the base-ball player, charged with stealine$30 from Fulmer st Union i'ar Dittsburg, §sazain at liberty, the Grand dury ha ing nzuored the bi The contident assertion of many contemporaries that Crane. of 1he Lowellr, was engazed for the Chicagos of 1878 is rincr shattered vy an an- nouncement thut he has symed with the Roche: el The Fulton Zimes says: **New York City hasa Lage-0ail ciub comnosed of mutes. This is gratify- 10z, 1f for no other rexson than Uhe fact tat when a man makes a sire il the rest can't yed ut bim and tetl him what 1 do.” The following men have slgned to play with the Hornell Llub next vear: George i1, Dery, Henry sers, und Aaron B, Clapp, of the Hurmelis of ; atichurd C. bison.” Rucacster, '77; Jawmes W. Kednan (catchiér), Auburns, "77. The snecess of the Cuacinna 1 Club for the past ecaon is thus stated: **They have played three nines w the Seld. The first leam won three vut of twenty League games, the sccond seven out of thirty-four, and 1he’ third nine out of twenty- two. 1n July last President Tulbert. of the Chicago Club, wrote Uines a lotter, cailmz bis attention to the fact that e was not plaring baif us well as during theprevious year. Hines now causes the letter to be prunted, tuough whit he expects to prove by 1t does ot 'so clearly uppear. The St. Paul Proncer-Lress is wronght up toa furions pitch over the fact tnat Dan O'Leary, one of it fate ball-cluo, and C. &. Kennineton, a Chi- a0 rumuier. becauwe intensely drunk and as- saglted people npun the sir ey were fined cach, and the drummer fost hus place over the Tow The Cincinnati Enquirer is already pushing for- ward it< awendment= to the rules for nest year, 1t wentions wakms the piicher pitch Gfry-one fet instead of forty-tive. arranmng for strsight-zom piichinz in 1579, onmtmy all. record of Uuse-hits and errors, penanzing the pracuce of fittng the vatsmen with the ball, ana. very absurdiy, putting 2 batewan out (or hutting thregfoui ballk. The Buialo Club for 1878 is thus announced: Dolan, c.. trom Allegheny; Galvin. p., from Al- Iechenys Livty, 1 b., from Fall iliver; Fulme: 2 b.. from Allegheny; Alien. § b., from Rnode E. 8., from St Lou; Crowl L w Loaisville: Mcsuriey, ¢. f.. from [neian- Mcuomgle, r. f., from Fall Rtiver: Bushong ane Fouser, gubs., former 1rom Janesville and lst- ter from the Athletics, So far as beard {rom, onde two of the Lonisvilles have confessed, woile Craver and Nichols stand up and ceny. It is quite probable that two mem- oers of the St. Loms team w.ll also be expelied, a.d thst wiil wmake 10ar wen very lizely to ap- pear before tne Leazue soard at the Cloveland mecting to be vindicated. The sitting Loard will he President tuibert, Mr. Fowle, of St. Louss; Alr. Chase, of Louisville; 3r. Soden. of Boston und Mr. sulkeley or Mr. Fergusou, of the Hart- forus. Of cou Mesars. Chaee and Fowle cannot =it in cases where their clubs are interested. St.'Louls adds to Tuk TRIDUNE'S reasuns why the Ih.te Stockings turned out fo badly the ac. cusatiun that one or two of thew were crooied. Wili 1t be plensed (0 nawe them? The reporter of thiz paper, who has seen thcir games, hus 1o oilier reugun 10 uspect crookeuncss m the Chicagos than tne hints of =ome basted pui-ouyers, who Bave never even numed u player whom they dared w0 accuse. Unless thie 6. -0, can ** represent, ™ 1t will be suspected that, bavng Zound steahny in members of its present and prospective teame, it is unxious w bave it belleved that others are no oetter than th:y—willing to throw wuy at random in tue chance of making some oue else as durty as the thrower. While oW 0g~ iesing thus, TiE PROUAL reporter will do what he can 10 Invesgate any charses toat may be made i d futh by unv wman who 1§ willing to tather them azainst any wember of tne Chicazo team. This ubes DOC ey that be wiil pudlish auouymons lete les-, “ICh 88 4D eXtra-swart YOURT wwan sent up yesterday. the London (Ont.) Adrertiser, noticiog Mr. Tolm's tuble gving the rank and performances of the twenty ieaoing clubs of the country for the =eason, comments as follows: ** Mr. Yobn does The Tecumeehs an injustice in his table; sor, whie ue gives the nuzuber of 1S games lost and drawn during tee season accurately, he lessens 1ts victo- fies from forty-eizat 1o LRy -seven. ™ In justice 10 3r. ) obm, it ~hould be said taat he clained oniy to incluge such games as he could gatuer from the pubhc prints, necessarily omitling some. 1t may De adaed that e never Knowingiy fulsuicd the re- turns. The ducerieer subsuts un umendeq table, showing the percentages of gumes won 1o games piayed, 88 follow: Allegaen Tecumsch | Innanapoli crick The Glole-Democrat, supposed to be posses of the views of the St. Louls Club managers, savs 1 eilect that there will be no clu in that city ‘uext ceason, ils eXpressionis: **1f the churaes uynint them (Devlin and all) cun be sustained, i1t 1s al- most a_foregoue couclusion fhat the St Loms Club will tarow up tne sponge and never again place 3 mye n the fleld. ) un the heeis of titis Ccomies the uews tat iaifand Devlin bave “fessed, ana now wiat will the w.- 0. ¢o2 1t is tvo rans m one uf its Infereuces, huwever, when it gays that the Cuicago ind Lowsvitle people don' intend to gave 1eauis Dest yedr: 1o dol CANOW taut, gen- temeni you bave no t 1o Qssume it as #n articie of . th3 still less can You aseure your peo- Plé that 1t vou are nut aliwwed to huve Devhin und lubi the game will enticely drop #past. St Louis Tias been o vetter bail city than Luwsville, but has not wivided s large receibts atleast wita Chicaga) 2+ has Indiamapolis, ‘T bosition of St. Louts in Uali matters is At present extraorainary, 1o put it huldly. Fretibey charge certaw of their players and assert that !lixe e of ;;.um’::s hrongh tnst crookeaness Wis the canse of the Heeit in their treasary. In the sawe breath they call for subscriptions o the umount of 32,7Vl to pay the plaess who lost the zames and thus Cudsed the uefcit. W hetaer this wul encoursze the public Lo €0 un next year is doubtrul. The most uncertain man of the profession as to Jocation would seew 10 be Ferguson, if half of the stories sbout Lim put on the world are to be be- Tieved. A Cuns.a paper says e hus engazed Lar- kin, Start, West, tHansin<ou, ifaliman, and Cas sidy for_the Atisnlicx of Brousiyn: that's one. Puen a St. Lows paper eays toat” the above fot, minus Hanklnson sud plus ‘Coons and Senscnaecs fer, are to furm the new Atblctics, Still anotber purts says hat bob, Lackin. and Start are bound for Ludiio. Furtber mforuation mves it that Bub s fo have charze of a mew lot in Pittsours. Later than all, and derived from a Phili: delpuia paper, | iS tne ussertion thut Ferguson iacomingto Chicazo. TRE TRIBUNE has sorave doutis agout the iutter scheme, vased on the fact that the Chicago Club has no ground for team to play on. if 1t idd fuca a thing, und it does not ap- peur to have a nine unywuy. ~Two weexs will set- fle that matter very liiely. Assuming, for the sake of argument, that the B:ooklyn comaination codld oe gotten for Clicago with u”proper grounid fo play them, it would seew usifa very trong nine could ve made up of Larkin und leis, vitc er=: Harbieee and Ameon, catctiers; Joe Start at firet. Anson at third, Ferguson at short, ifallinan, Evgler.und Lassidy as tieidecs. Tris is, of conree, ull supposition for several reasums, First, o3 naunied above, the Chicazo Club nas no ground en- ccond, 1t does not appear that they can Bage : Bei one; third, Anson, thuugh supposably disen- = has certasmiy bud teveral good offers; B e b eremson bas alwars by & 1king fos Cliicago, e imay seitic 0n soaie uther place pend- e drea which must devend on Vurious Cai- cavo contmgencies. To forecust the future of the e Chicazo 8 rather didieult task, QULSTIONS ANSWERED. F. B. F.—\1s tuere suca & tuinz as a Leagno Afliance Convention" Ansuer—No; none s ne- ces63rY. X, 8.+ Who is thus Nicjols expelled by Louls. ville; 1 mever saw his nime in tneir scoresy” Rusier—lle played last year with the Matuals of New York, and the carly part of this with the Al- Jechenys of Pittsburz. ~ le was **let out ™ of the lauter Club because he tried 1o bribe Galvin, tue Then the Louisvilles man, aud_got a shade more than the worth of their money, it scems. He only played in two League games. C. P.—*:A bets B that Craver las mever before been expelled; please decide.” Anawer—Craver. was expelled by the Chicago Club in the summer of 1875. Tom Foley could tell you what it was for. T. M. C.—*If g player s expetled, can he sue 'tu be reinstate they do on the HBoard of Trader’ Ansurer—It doesn't seem as if he could, unless he could prove actual and undeserved dam- ages. Hecan appeal to the Lesgue Board, how- ever, if he wants to. ANAGER—~** Why dom't some one etart a kind of agency where Lhe players could rejnster their. names during the winter, with exlary wanted, and Wwe chap that have to pick out teams could go and tee who tuere was wanting places:” Aneuer— That plan wouldn't suve corrcspondence much, 1 you want a lot of men to pick irom, insert un ad- Vertisement in Tue TRIRUNE sporting colamn, and ¥ou will get o end of letters. F. W.—(1) What pitcher had the best record In 18777 (2) Where will Anson, Glenn, and Hines Dlay in 157 What were the batting averates of Pike, Manning, Addy, and Jones” dnsuwer— (1) The'only published record e that made up by Mr. Fiteh, of this city; according to it (and it in- cludes Ciucinuati pames) Rels leads and Will White of lioston s next. Cousidering, however, that Reis played only four gumes and White three, {he credit of leading the £ountry should go to Hond, who la nest afier them. (2) It does mot appear that Anson or Glenn have settled yet; Hines ex- pects to go to Harttord. . (3) The vitting averages of the men you name have been variously com- puted by the New York Iord, Boswon Jerald, and Chicago Z¥mes, Following are the results, from which you can take your choice: 1d. Herald, Times, H 290 205 e has made no tables which include Tuz Trinus any Cinclnnat: gmes or players. THE TURF, TITE BUSINESS OF CONDUCTING A RACE-TRACK Geems 10 have much the same fascination about it that surrounds hotel-keeping, and several other commercial pursuits into which men put thel money with unassuming readiness, and the full kuowledge that othiers before them, having fn ad- dition (o capital the beueft of experience, have sunk what they posses-ed and could borrow in the same scheme, The growth of race-tracks and trot- ting uesociations throughout the West during the past five years has been of an unhealthy character. ‘The mania for holding meetings has permeated about every spot where there are 200 or 400 inhub- tants, and the result is, that nearly all the coun- ties in this and otier Western Stutes are dotted over with half-wile tracks, for the existence of which there is no earthly excuse. Nono of these concerns ever made any money, and the majority of tneta ave oeen disastrous alike to those who in- vested in them and the horsemen who gave heed to seductive advertisements of meetings at which larce purses wero advertised. ‘The reason of the failure js very simple. A few enthusiastic cornfield horsemen in one of these little country towns read in the papers of the vast crowds tuat atiend races in large cities, and note the large number of horses entered in esch event, —ncarly enouyh 1n 1nost instances to make good the purse offerad by the sssociation. They get to talkizz the mutter over, and fuully bulld & half- mile truck and ann ounce a **grand summer meet- ing.™ Liberal purses are “otfered, and when {he entrics close. & fuir number of hordes are found to be nominated in cach causs, ‘Thus far everything has gone smoothly and according to_anticipation, Tue ume for holding the weeting arrives, ang the inespericnced managers beain to feel a hiutle shaky. The attendance wonld not smount to any- thing, even if eversbody turned out. But they decline to e on hand. Then the weather generally takes a hand in the fun, and tour-dass’ fainstorm arrives. Apuut Liis bme the usvociution discovers that the of horses that were originuily entered, about one-lall have not urrived. Those that ure present are in the hands of men Wwho, with a wistom born of experience, sternly inaist on ving 1h¢ purse paia a6 200n 45 4 eace s trotted. By the tune the meeting i3 balf over the manazers of the truck discover that Ife is real, especi whena lot of big-Gsteu horsemen are being dealt with. ~They see that 1o carry out tae programme will produce a serious_finuncial embyrrassment on thieir part. When they are o u state of dismal un- ce.1ainty as to What to 4o sowe astute person sus. gests thut the best (hing would be to compromise with the boys and get outas cheaply us possible. Tius udvice 1s generally toilowed, and the mectin: comes 10 an sbrupl terminstion, the sorsemen de- ourt, cursmg their bua luck, and the delalied en- tuusiasts who started the ruinous scheme return to their legutinzte occupations enrichied in experi- ence, bu eraoly poorer {n pocket. TuE TwnuNE doed Dot propose to mention any numes in connection with the subject, alchough it could easily do so, The alarming facility with which munagers of tracks and forsemen concoct letiers of denial concerning anything of an un- pleusant uature that may be saia about them s ai- togetuer toy well known and appreciated in this otlice to permit such a course beiug taken, Dut almost any driver could iell funny stories of how matters were *‘arranged.” Morriil Higbic, forin- stance. was well puid by sn_illinols Association not long ago tosmp Little Fred away from ius track, In order that u free-tor-ail race might be Dbroken up by the non-uppenrace of - a suficient numoer of starters. -Nobudy biawes Uigbie; he was simply looking afier hiv own witeteets, and the ofiicers of the As- sociation were attending o taeirs, but it was rather hard on the other drivers {n the rice, who ot no *+divyy ™ 10 pay traveling expensts, &nd were afforded B OpportumILy 10 trot for the money which the Afsociation hud agreed (o hane up. Such instunces av tais are too common, and 100 muny tragks have compromised with drivers, and pro-fated tneir pur<es this year. 1t would ne much betier for the turf interestif these poverty-stricken tracks were plowed over and planted with corn. instead of bein,g used 25 instruments whereby all parties interested in them are oled. AN EARUNEOUS DECISION. At the meeting given by the Virginiy, 111, Asso- ciation in 1a74, the trotting horees Wolford's , Lady Star, G. T. Piiot, and inother whose nawme 18 ot recalled, staried iu A race. The partics having Wolford's Z in_charge believed he could win the race, and backea hum heavily at the pool-bux. According to general belief, “Lady Star was to Lelp W ulford win, Fifot not being thought a dan- gerous adversary. He won the first heat, however, presumubly by sufferance, Wolford faking the second in fast” time, considering the tate of the track. Pilot then took another heat, when a pro- test was entered, it bemng cluimed that he wos trottinz oug of a8 class. A telexram, purporting w come from the Asfociation at Creston, Iu, supporting the alleged violation of the rues. was suown, and tne borse wis expelled, Woiford's 2 then gomg on and wlnning the ract easily. The jndges, however. very wisely declared the pools off.” The owners of Filot took the matter before the Board of Appeals, and uat the meeting of the Western District Hourd in July last, the whole tinng was deciared 1o have bren botched, and it was ordered that the race be trotted over at this season's meeting at Virginia. Tne Associution fixed upon Oct. 20 as the duy ror 1. race to be finished, the Boird having decided that it sbould be trotted from the beaf in which Pilot way sent {0 tae stable. On the appointed day Pilot was the only horee that uppeared, and he jogged around the track for the purse. The other Darses were deciared distunced, but the judges re- fused 1o pay hrst money Lo Pilot, on the ground thatasthe other horses did mot Rppear It was a wal-over for him, and nccording to. Kuld 5 of he National Aseociaiion Code no purse will ve awaried for a waik-over, out in cascs where only one of tue horses entered fo any premium shall apvear on the course he shall be enutled to his own entrance- 10 'y and to one-half of the entrance-money re- ceived from all other horses entered iu the race. This decision was.of course objected to by the Pilot party, who will agnin take the mutter 10 te Bosrd of Appeals, which budv will undoubtedly Qecide thut the horee 1s entitled to_drst money it the race, 2 his_viclory was not in any senses walk-over, *ut the conclud:n heat of an untintshed race. It Is enticely probuble thut the Virsinia Assoclation knows thie 1o be the cage, but wishes 10 delay the payment of honestly-earnéd money as long a3 possivle. THE ST. LOUIS TRACK. Lovers of tur( sports in St. Lows are evidently dead i earnest 200ut the new track of which Tie TaseNe has neretofore spoken, und the recently formed Jockey Cluo 15 pustiine matters vigorous, At present no arranzements bave been made for & trotting meeting next year, vui a runhing meet- ing 18 announced, to commence June 11 snd con- tmiue four Gays. ' From what the St. Louls papers say in regurd to the matter, it seems that President Clarke, of the Lou'sville Jockey Ciub, has agreed to **stand 10" with the new track, givinz it the prestize of beinx backed up by the association which he represents. “The St. Louis peuple o clamm that the building of their track will result ta the formation of a {Vestern racing association, whose operations will be confined to the Mississipvi Valiey, ranz.ng from Memphis to St. Faul, 1tis 4t by those favorin the proposed association tnut the diswatisiaction which certainly exicts among Southern and Western runminz-horse own- ersrefarding the manner in which they are treated ut the Eastern weetinzs will cause thein to patron- ize the meetinzs under 13 ausmices, Lris way all be true, but the St. Louis enthusists will find that it is muich easter 10 estaulizh circuits on paper than in reality. and that the hentucky borsewen are not doiny all the soft talking for nothing. TRASK MEANS DUSINESS. Top TaiBCNE bas given consisershle space al- ready to Mr. Trask, of Otego, N. Y., and his mare Lady Grant, that he cliims can’ trot a e two minutes, As hus oeen heretofore res marked, Mr. Trask is eitner a matchlese har, or e bas the most_wonderful trotting-horse in the world, Last Sundsy's jaste of this paper con- tained the Iatest intellizence about Luay Grant, woich was that Mr. Trasi's ofter 1o beat 2:14 for 1,000, or show 2 mile in two minates for §7, 000, Dver agooa mule track. and been nccepted by the TPhiladelplia Cuy Item, and_8lso rewarked that Mr. vraat would be exceedingly silly to do any euch thing. even if Lis wace was capable of per. forming the feat. Mr. Grant has accepted the Jtew's terms, however, a3 the following extract from taat paper will show: - 01200, N. Y. Oct. 35, IST7.—EXitors the ftem: I ac- cept 1he Droposition fu the llem of Uctoer the 21st. A$500m 48 L ¢an arTange s business | will write you atu sud et the tme. "L eXpect 10 zo to Albany jext Week aad rot 107 the ¢ltizens of that place. 1 syl bo accommodate : Wit 8 mile track there. If Igo I shall e better prep: 88 the walter §(3:1ds, y fuviting the public 1) &ee the Lady and witlss ber per- formance. [les, € :tlully yours, WILLIAM TRASE. \We are pleased that Mr. 1 Task has seen 4t to necopt the yuer mede by the Jiem to Turalsh a speclal purse of $1,000 for his mare to beat 2:14 on the Palnt Breeze Trick. or $2.00 for her 1o trot amile In two minuges. Bt Mir. Trask will oblize us by hurrying wp his cries. Winier ls fast approschioz. and people o not care to 0 to gTorse race enveloped In fury and ulsters, nor {8 ¢ probabie that a horse, Or mare, can Trot 80 fost in cold weather. 3ir. Trask lias. therefore. it seems to us, the most unliinlied confidence in the prowess of the mare. As for us, wo do noL merely deatre t0 g0 Lady Grant trot. We want to see hier béat time, and to itness that sight we are willing, In the Interest of the turf, toysy & good sum. When Lady Grant trots as Albgny, Mr Trask will picase telegranh ua the result, Bt our expense, aud when le will start. When lie starts for this ity we Wlil Then commence arranzements. 3Mr. Tragk Wil find $2.000 deposited in the bank here, subject to the order of the judges of the race, Ewo o ufch can be anpolnted by him and w0 by us. * In case hesucceods the money will be pald to him the day a. tar the race by the judges, who wiil hold & certified check. for the aniount. THE TEN BEOECK-PAROLE RACE. There hx been a great deal of tali, much of which was manifestly senseless, about the recent defeat of Ter Brocck at Baltimure by Parole, and the cries that the race was **tixed,” that the Ken- tncky horse was drugzed, and that Tom Ochiltree, owned by Georye Lorillard. \was merely started as a helper to his brother Pierre’s norse, Parole, and wis never intended to win, have been lond and numerous. I'ne TRIBUNE bas said nothing one way or the other on the subject, preterring (o wait until the story of the race should be told, and Jjudement passed upon it by eomcbody who wit- nessed the struggle, and was competent to talk of it witbout beiny nffccted by ~projudice. dr. Charles J. Foster, editor of the \ew York Sporls- man, 18 such a man, and the follewing by him upon the subject will be read with interest. The result of the race has greatly surnrised many cople. _ We do not belleve that ten men (n_America esides Mr. Lorlllard, Dr. Loritiard, aad Brown, be- lieved that Parole coutd wlo. We (feely confess that we i not, for we had no confidence 1o’ his belog in conditon.” Besfies, 1t has always scemed a vory ¢iose thing between him and Tom Ochiltree, and this fuli old Tom seemed to be at his best. Thien again, the prestige of the Kentucky HOrse wis enormuts. and Justly so, for here was o raccr who had defeated eversting that had raced agalnst him s{nce the tall of his thlrd year, with kreat ease, sive Atistldes. Wich the majorlty of the Buntic, tog, - tue . time trlsis had’ Cgrost Vetgnt. “The “anacioniness ot “the s test. has ~ been sirongly Inalsted on and often shown, but, nevertheles, people can hardly lielp Dl Ihanced b T amid the. 2 Cltest. e g el Is deemed all-sulliclent. It {s already being said that the thme of this rice at Bakimore was poor. tow could {1 be fast swhen they went 81¥ay ot about o twos minute ra:e? The race shotld notbe Judged by the time of the whole. It wasnot the thng of the whoio whleh cooked tue mutton of Liie Ul eaten horses, but the Intenslty of the pace ua part of It You crowd into haif @ miic the muscular furce and nervous eneryy Wwhich might bo nlstrivated overamile auda LAt and you stop ninety-nine horses ont of n hundred, The” ofd aud weil-trfed_ axlom {6 that puce kil and ftdoesnot take 4 great afstance of ground to in whon [t 13 really severe. Now, hiere s Ten Drop o four-mle hur.ebeyond eIl queition, and hus run the fastest foar miles fn pubile, aud yet ristides had him dead beat in 1w0 miles by reason Of stvere pace. Well, here e §s azaln, dected aimost unbeatale, aud witl the _fustest records At a1l AISLAICES, from one mile to four. and Parole heats bim (2 Lvo miles aud s half, solely because [n 03¢ part of the Tace the pace wasat thie rate of oné minuie Lhiriy-six scconds to the mile, sad the ltsle joker was i oaly one that could en’® dure fr. Now thls scems 10 us to Lv 8 more reasonahle explauiclon than that fen lirocck was off. If he was i, How was Tt b beat T fltree tén leny Word eame from faliimore tha than Just befure the ratn-storm, believed that they were bath oft. sapposition that Ip wns 3 bad {t Was oL fust, Now, this The hurses did oot go'to 1ary fear of esch oilier, co wway st ut Orst. 1 e a part of the fistory o the (ief, and [t 0axit to T iy (14 Wnals fh proper shape, Thé merit of @ race and the quaiity of o Faceliorse do ot depend upon tiue. it Tarole had als ways been In Kent rylne Meht ‘welghis and TunnInZ upo the fast 1Fack At Loulsville, WhAL sort of a reputaton woal e have had by thiy Ume? There linve been in Eniland two races for the Ascot Cup U are espclally fatious. 10 one of them Wes Australian beat Kingston by a lead. In the oth- er Teddington beat Stuekwell by & head, and they Teeled puat the Jost in sore distress. That rice wy #ix Seconds slower (han West AUMTAICD's, and yet It liag atwapy been sccointed the best Duaiee ihé pace s terrific In Uhe jast thres-quarters of a mile of it That three-quarters of a nifle utterly exhsusted those 1%0_ horses, and they Were as wood as have been raised in England. Both Lud the Whalehone biood in the male lne as Farole has, and Stockwell had the blood of Web ms well, nd Parcle has. There fsevery reason o believe that these three horses on Wedneaday ran @ part of Uielr race as favt us any three Lorses ever on such u course. We can not_uccouut for two of them velng beaten and sorely distressed I any other way. There are feople goltiz golllas atodt to e effeet (hat ‘omt_Ochiliree 'was 10t mesnt to win, and that Mr. Geurge Loriliard sent bim there to Uty s brosher. Such men ought to be put in the lusatic asylum, if 1 were not that thetr Criveilig folly. Wouid exasperate the very madmen within {ts walls. 3r. George Lorl- Jurd’s pride fn his hore s vers great.and noth Rave Induced in to have 105 this race 1r havewon it liere iy ho need of any explanation twachlog the result, If one sinple fact I samitteds that fs, chnt Parole 13 as good a burse, when in condi tion, for two miles aud 4 haif, a% b’ 1s allowed to be D Was pever veLier nd [t will hardly be Call hinge: for i 1al’ £, Adwit thls (and there Is nothing: THOTE FeasuD: aud the whole ditilcultles vaaish. Why should he not he s good two mile and & half borse, wltf. im? 16 beat Tom Uchiltree two lengths in 105 1bs. on the Seratoga Gup, with 101b-, tore welsht. Tie facy 18 it the Méssrs. © Loridards, e Welch, . whd e "lirown” wdehit o he vers' sratefal 1o Cape Moore and-the Chamopton of theé Llzut Weights, “Hat for thelr clumor and Tamentaifon over the wetghts of the American Jockey Club, Mr. Haiper would have brought Ten Broeck on 10 run for the Centencisl Cup, in which case he would have defeated Tom Ochiltree, ang would nut have buen beaten by Varole at Balthmore on Wednesday, as there would hate been no such race. Wedo not think any the lexs of Ten Brovek because Parole_liay defeated him. That he wes beatuble we xington, when Enew, for Aristides had beaten bitm at they were four vears old. and we ar pelled o 1o remember aod relterate the fuct lfinn( i Lwo horses are [n a race, no matter how goo.lthey Loth an only one can win. As Master Constable Dogberry hath Itz 1" When two men ride ofa horse, one must ride be- o A GREAT THREE-YEAR-OLD FOR CHICAGO. Two weeks g0 to-day mention was made in these columus of & temurkable trial made s ehort time ago over the track of Col. Richard West, Georgetown, Ky., by the 3-year-old fllly Lucy Cuyler, by Cuyler (formerly McFecran's Hamble- tonian), out of 4 mare by Alexander's Norman, the sirc of Lulu, May Queen, and others. The filly trotted a full wile in 2:281%, the first guarter being made in 37 seconds, the half-mile in1:14, and the three-quarters in 1:303. Peter V. Johnson, the well-known driver of this city, who has devel- oped such good ones as Bodine, Gen. Graut, Mon- roe Chief, and Granville, recently made a trip to Keetucky and purchased Lucy Cugler for a Chi- cago gentleman, who docs not desire his name mude public. Should this flly come out In rood forw next spring, she woll, under Johnson's skill- 1ul pandling, be an txceedingly dangerous com- petitor 1u the 4-year-old races, WASHINGTON RACES, WasmiNgToN, D. C., Nov. ~The racing at Benning's course to-day opened with selling race, one and one-cigth mile. Kilburn, the favorite in the pools, was fourthrat the end of the run. Dal- gusfun finishing first, First Chance sccond, Major Barker third, Time, 2:01 £ The judges declared “allbets off on account of raud. The two-mile dash, all w28 son by St. Jawes, Burzo second, Little low third. Time, 3:44l4. Keany wasclosinz on St, Jumes near the Snish, when be fell, throwing his rider, and losing a place. ‘e mile heats for 3-year-olds was won by Ver- mont.Two heats were finisned in this order, Ver- mont iirst, Glen Dudley second, Dick Dosser third. Tune, 1:47% each bea. RACES PO 'ONED. New Youw. Nov. 3.—The Ten Broeck-Parole race and other races, postponed because of the storms, will take place'on Tuesday next. CLEVELAND. O.. Nov. 3.—Un account of thecold weather, the race between Smuggier and Great Eastern is again postponed. 1f the weather is fa- vorable it wiil be trotted Monday. TRACK TALK. The promising young mare Rose Medinm recent- 1y burst a blood-vessel, ana is probaaly forever iu- capacitated from takini part in races. The celebrated trotting gelding, Judge Fnllerton, record has been smpped to Californm, where he will spend the winter, in churge of Orrin Hickok. A full_ brother to the trotting stallion Aristos was recently foaled, having a clearly figure **9" in the centre of his forehiead. The fgure is in white, tue colt being a vlood bay. Athree-days' meoting will be held, at Mystic Park, Doston, commencwg nest Wedne: Purses are odered for horses of the 2:21, 2530, 2:27, 0, and 2:24 classes, Georze Ridelt, a driver well known fa this city, di¢d avout two weeks agoat his howe 1n Michigan. Lust summer he was 1 the emoloy of Messrs. Graves & Loomis, and drove their mare Josie in Llier races. The Pliladelphis papers feel sore, because in a receu: article on **Coits of the Period ™ ** Hart Cometack ™ futled 16 mention the 4-year-old Briz- adier, oy Uappy Medium, that recently won some fast races In Ci.iforna. ir. Sanford, ownerof the American borses in Enzland, had the misfortune racently to lose o bay coit by 1mp. Glenelz, out of Notice by Lexinzion. and & chestnut colt by the same sire out of Greeian Lend, by Lexington. There are some greenies in Pniiadelphia who still believe that the pacer Wallam ¢, that has re- cently been in- races thercavout, 3% the Hinois hore Sucker State, althouzh the fallacy of sucn & beitef was shown in these columns last Sunday. William L. Beck. manager of the Cmicago horses Shepherd oy and Carrie K, reached the oy last Friduy, hus borses navinz fnivhed their fall cam- paign with the Peru, Ind., meeting last week. Nosey " Brown, thelr driver, is cxpected home to-duy. 2 The bay mare by Middlctown, known as Middle- town Gefie. toa ha~ been used for road purpose by « re cnt of Newurk, N.J.. during (he past scason. made her firet nppearance on tie turf at the recent Vottstown, Fa., uechng, winuing two fuces, and third money in aunother. She is now known s Rosa Dartle. A. J. Mckimmin, driver of Blackwood. Jr.. re- cently ¥old Lo .J. Dean. of Xew York, the year-old vlack ware Binckivuod Queen, by biack- Wwood, out of 4 mare by Downive's Bay Messenzer, for $2,000. Blackwuod Que ord of 2:42, und ehowed 3 unle in 2:33 over Flectwuod Park before tae sale. Drive out with ahorse_and he will ewitch his taif 150 times n_rod 1o force away Lroublesome fice3 but let him once zet his tail over a line. and St bl quadraped will wauder o for miles ‘wich- out thinking of tie thies which revel unmolested m kis Hiving gore. What a horse loves above all things is to do the drving hiwsell.— Exchange. Mr. A. Doughty. propsictor of the Western. Avenne Stables, has one of the most promisin green horses in the country, in the 7-year-old stallion surorino, by Mambrino Patchen. He 1 owned by e Cartwrizat, of Otegon, (I, and bics fair to jand in the irce-for-all class if he con- tiuues to umprove as fast 2s he has since passing into Mr, Doughty’s hands. OTHER SPORTS. PEDESTRIANISM. Saturdsy mext ot 4 4. m. Daniel O'Leary and John Ennis will &tart for o hondred-mile walk in the Exposition Ballding. The Spirit of the Times is stakeholder, and ail the money (81,000) is up. W. B. Cartis, of this city, will act as roferee, Tne Intense rivalry between the men, and” the strong wish which Ennis has always had to zet on, a track with his famous antagonist, will make the walk o bitter strugele for the purse. The fastest 100 miles on record was made last year by Vagg London in 18h. 51m. 336, Tt will go pars brrog time will be cut down & shaving if both men are gt Saturday. of acbounts of the The Engileh pavers aro fall great success of Willium Gale, of Cardt walked 1,500 miles in 1,000 bours at Exufineg};fl“ ending Oct. 6. Gale is described 13 comparatively insignificant in Yooke, 45 yoars of ge, 5 Ir. 33 in. In height, and weighing 116 ponrds, X Feii " RACKETS, A match game of rackets will be played at 0"Mal- ley's Chicugo Avenns Court at ' yn‘cli:l? ‘l‘tfl! afternoon Letween W. Skerrott and i, Heraty againa F. Uauns and'T. Callen. 'No admitiance fee. FIRES. CHICAGO. At seventeen minutes past 1L o’clock yester- day morning, flames were discovered issuing from the rear of 77 Dearborn street (Rice's Building), in the Jaundry attached zo Tom An- drews' restaurant. In a brief space of time after an alarm was struck from Box 25, Ran- Qolph and State streets, but before the engines arrived, the restaurant and George Mansur’s sa- loon adjoining were filled with smoke, and the fire had taken in the rear portion of the building 84 and $6 Randolph street, vecupied by Morehouse & Co., auctioneers. The volume of smoke which is- sucd frow the rear of Mansur's saloon into the alley just south of the building was great, anda very larwe crowd collected. The police, fire- men, and patrol were early- upon _the ground, and all did their duty faithfully. Tom Andrey had everything ready for dinner, and outside hung 2 choice collection of game, including partridges, ducks, wild geese, ‘etc., fish, and vewctables. Inside the tables werg decked with showy cloths and embellished WD silverware, glasses, and napkins. - The fire oriinated from the stove in_the laundry, aud spread with great rapidity. In the rear. of the building, where the tire originated, is a little court-yard, in which were wandering in blissful peace” ubout o hundred peese, cliickens, aod ducks, which werc cut sliort In the prime of their crows and quacks, and sent prematurely to pot and roasted wittiout regard to previous con- ditlon. The oss to Tomn Audrews will be, on stores, about $600; fiquors, §500; dawage o fur- nitare by waterand destruction of laundry, about 3000 wore, muking a total of §2,000, which fs is covered by au insurauce of $3,000. Ton Audrews suys'that, though he was niuch singed aud souked, e wiil be i runniue order again in time tor dinuer to-morrow. Georgre Mavsur lays the Llame for the fire on Tom Andrews, who, L tay, insists upon using carbon oil, " Lis loss is_wuinly by smoke. 1o has a stock of liguors in bis_ cellar valued at $10,000, including two casks of very ol Scoteh whisky, valued alone at $L,00.~ Ilis_loss i about $1,000, covered by policies in the Scottish Cotwmercial, of Great Britaiu, and the Millville, of New Jersty tie former $,000 and the latic? rs. Morchouse & Co. will lose about 0, which is covered by. insurance of 5,000 Had their building been provided with iron shutters they would have suffered no incon- venience at all. The buildivg belongs to the McCormick estate, and $10J will repair it, The damage to the Rice Building is less than $500, fully covered Ly insurance. The fire was confined to the cellar of the building, and had it been allowed to gain much headway a great deal of damage would have soon resulted, as tii-re are some yvery large furmture houses in the vielnity on Randolph street. AT LOUISVILLE, KY. LoTisVILLE, Ky., Nov. 3.—A fire this morn- ing destroyed lterr & Taylor's tobacco factory. The value of the stock was $10,000; insurance, 85,000. The whisky establisbent of J. B. Mc- Ilvain & Son, adjoining, was seriously damae- ed. Five hundred barrels of bourbon belong- ing to the firm were destroyed, entailinz a loss of $31,000. “Three bundred barrels belonging to d. A. Cunningham, and 215 barrels belongng to 0. A. Knapp were also consumed. Cunuing- ham’s loss is $18,000; Knapp’s somewhat les: All parties werc insured, probably to the ex tent of two-thirds of the value of their losses. ¥ AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL. . Snectal Disvatch o The Chicazn Tribune, SeriNGrIELD, IIl, Nov. 3.—The old State- ‘House was discovered to be on fire this morning, some one having thrown a lighted cigar-stamp down the rewister. The flames burned the wood-work about the flues, but was speedily put out, and_with very_slight camage. This is the second time the building bas tuKen fire. NEAR CARSON, NEV. 84ax Fraxcisco, Nov. 3.~A fire in a woodpile on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, near Carson, Nev., last night, destroyed about 15,000 cords of wood. Loss, £90,000. Tnsured for about two- thirds its value. Iucendiary. MARINE NEWS. BUFFALO. Specinl Disnateh toThe Clicago Tribune. Borrato, N. Y., Nov. 3,—The brig E. Cohen went nshore last night at Bay View, abont 9 miles up the south shore. The crew have becn in the rigging all dey. Tags Crowell and Wright, with life-boat from the life-station, went to her this forenoun, but for some unaccountable reason re- turped without attempting thelr rescue. A dispatch from there this afternoon eays the vessel Js breaking up. Tng Nolton, with a volun- teer crew, and the Doan and yawl, has just gone 10 rescue the crew if possible. The alorin has niot entirely snbsided, and the seas arc washinz over tne stranded craft, which lics within twelve rods of the shore. She has 130,000 bu of corn from Toledo to Bafislo. The schr Harttord, which went ashore east of the ier at Port Uolvorne, strick the dummy-light and ost her bowspit and jibboow, She s wheat- Iaden from Detroit. Crew all escaved. The Captain of the Shawnee reports & fore-and- after af anchor in the middle of the lake, with top- masts vone and forctopmast hanging, o other vessels are repurted by the lake-shore people ashore between here urd Erle. To the Western Associated Press. BuFpALo, Nov. 3.—A dispatch dated Port Col- borne, 10 o'clock this morning, says the schr Hart- ford. wheat-laden, trom Detroit. and bound for Oswego, went ashore lust nignt custward of the pier at Port Colborne. ~She had two feet of water in her hold. The Hartford is insured in Buffalo companics. ’An unknown fore-and-aft vessel s reported ashore in the vicinity of Hamburgh Station, N. Y. “The crew were ouliged fo take to the rignng. Tugs and life-boats huve been dispateied to the rescue. A small boat warked Oswego drified. ashore from the vessel. Charters—But little doing owing to the sgevere gale which bos prevailed during the past forcy- @ight hours. Sche J. O. Thayer, chartered with coal to Chicago at 75¢ per ton. Clearances—Prop_Potouwc, 320 bris coment, Milwaukee; schrs E. C. Hutchinson, 1,200 tons coal: J. 0. Thayer, 700 tons coul. Milwaukee: Hutue O. Crumweil, Sazinaw; I1. M. Scove, 500 tous coal, Milwauke; barge Ward, Au Sable, RECENT DISASTERS. Detrorr, Mich., Nov. 3.—~The heavy wind of the last three ¢ays culminated in & burricane last night. Dispatches from Lakes Erie, Michiean, and Ontario show that the dsmages to shivping bave been numerous and_scvere. On Thursday nicht the steam barve Young Ilickory prun. a Jeuk and sunk off Bar Point, near the mouth of Detroit River. The engweer, William- McAipin, was dro The rest of the crew was saved by the sehr Porter., . Scis Helen, New Hampshire. and Starlight are ched near Leamington, Ont. b‘:‘:h’:.;;ne C.. Woourutt went ashore last night on the reef near Kingston. Scow Flor I8 beuched near Grand Haven. Schir City of Tawae, beached near St. Joseph last Mondzy nizht, I a 'tozal Joss. Sebr Col. Tlazue, of Chicago, went ashore on the each lust n B hante Sivallow Is aehore near Port Stauley. board saved. Alten Nuectal Iisodteh to 1he Chicagn Tribune “TorosTO. Nov. f.—Reports of dizasters 1o sip- ping continue 10 be rece ved. The zale was par- tculurly ~evere in_the neizhborhood of Kinston. Ualf a_dozen veseels are veported ashore at the bead of Wolfe Islaud, but the names are not sacer- tained. A NEST OF ANCHORS. Speciat Disvatcn to The Chicugn Tribune. QuEsEc, Nov. 3.—The lifting barge has beached thgJast nest bt anchors raised by it The crew are now at work with proper applisnces disentangling the nest, which is =apposed to comtsin thirty anchors and a larze quanuty of chain, and to viza 100 tons. These anchosy are the sccampla- tion of years, aud have been very destructive t shippimg at_low water. Thisis the second Jarg baul mude this season. . The Government. steamers: Druid and Napoleon Third will leave port in about ten days for the Guif and the Lower'St. Lawrence 10 tike up the buoys. PORT HURON. o cical Dispatch to The Chicags Trivune. Pourspl‘lt:no::. Mich., 4.—Down—Props Oneids, Dean Richmond, Marine City, Cuba. Ocean Belle, Cross and barges, Ruleigh, and Kate Wins- low; sches J. G. Masten, Nasean, Sophia Minch, Donaldson, Monticello, Roanoke, Java, Up—Props St Louis, St. Faul, T. W. Snook, the than Ruourne, Jr.. vs. Daniel 1. Braut and oibers. toe undersfsricd will sell af publfc 3uction, for cash hand. at the frant door on_Lasalle: Coule C 3 at110'¢lock a. m., the land and premi3es known D ment in 7all {n the Legal N the market. Salina !;:;_lng:rges, East Saginaw and barged} schr Wind—Sonthwest, brisk; weatier cloudy. ‘Tho little barge Hickory, of Sandnsky, ok off Leamington, Ontario, on ‘Thursdsy night, and Zrowned ber engincer. Sho was loaded with cord~ The tag Mockingbird leaves here to-night with steam pump and hawser (o rescac the schr James R, Benson, nshore on Middle Isiand. The sehr’ New Dominion went ashore near Point Edward last night, and was released this evening. PORT COLBORNE. Boreato, Nov. 3.—Vessels passing Port Col- borne lock for the twenty-four hours ending at G o'clock Nov. Enstward—Props Granite State, Toledo to”0g- g:nshurg: St. Albon, Cnicaro to do; sctr L. L, mb, Chicago to O 5 3 e o Oadensburg; Costack, Blick estward—Prop - Milwaukee, Ogdensbarg to Toledo: bark Liltsing Star. Charlotie 1o Chitugo; 8chrs Jennie White, Ogdensbury to Cleveland; John T. Mott, Oswezo to Milwaukce, ‘fiase!_l in port for harbor—Pro Milwaukee; barks Ealmouth, Lady Dufferin, Kln.'.ll:" Star, fi:pr;an Boy; schrs H. G. Cleveland, John T. Moit; THE CANAL. Bniaerort, Nov. 3.—Arrived—Montank, Lock- port, 300 brls flour, 17,584 s meal. Cleared—Tempest, Ottaws, 74,603 ft lumber; Merchant, lenry, 41,231 ft Jumber, 225,500 lath; prop Jack Robertson, Henry, 5,145 14 lumber, 97,000 lath; prop Peerless, Ottaws, 120,000 ft Tumber. Batoueront, Nov. 3—9p, T . —Cleared—Indaa- try, Morris, 33,520 ft luml T, 100,000 ehingles, 20 brls flour. T ——— CANADIAN NEWS. Special Dispatch to The Chicayo Tribune. MoxTrEAL, Nov. 3.—A dispatch from North Troy last evening, stating that the entire line of the Sontheastern Railway in Canada was guarded by military, and that A. B. Foster, Jr., bad been appofuted manager of the road, lacks coufirmation. . It is understood that the man- agers of the Southeastern Railway and the man- arers of the Passumpsic are willing to have the quarrel settled in court. The wount of damage done, Liowever, on the route is great. No train bas run between Abercory and Newport, a distance of thirty miles, uud the East Richford trestle bridze has Leen torn down, the brenk being guarded by 2 Shenff und a posse of Constalues, at the request of Mr. Raymond, of the Passumpsic. This route used 1o be a favorito with travelers to Boston and contizuous towns, but travel swill be greatly di- verted by this ralway war. : Special Disuatc 10 Twe Chicapn Tribune. Toroxto, Nov. 3.—Investization iuto the charges of irrezularities ut the July teachers’ exuminations closed to-day. The evidence tukeu Sill be submitted to the Minister of Education. The certificates of those teachers wio succecded In passing their examination Ly the making of fraudulent papers will be canceled, and g new examination ordered. Chief-Justice Draper, ufter a lingering and ]L’nuful ilness, died here lust evening, azed 76, (is demise has cast a gloom over the etire comniunity, Specia’ Dispateh tn The Chicagn Trivune, MONTHEAL, Nov, 3.—A strong Protestant or- avization has been formed in this city called tue International Protestant League, having for its objects the drawing together of Protestants of all sects in common boud of unity, and by & gvleran vow of mutual support and protection to maintuin civil and religious freedom. The Leazae was talled into existenee by the murder of Thomas Lett Hackett on the 12th of July last, aud is already strong in numbers here, While the movement is spreading rapidiv in the United States, where the L ague is likewise ex- pected to beeoine very strong. . BELLEVILLE, Out., Nov. 3.—Farmer’s ware- housinr elevator and 33,000 bushels of grain were burned to-day, with $30,000 loss. Richard Dewsbury, the engincer, was burned to death. —— SUICIDE, Cravroy, T, Nov. 3.~Last evening, Nathan Miller, of Camp Point, five miles west of this place, committed sulcide by hanging. No cause s given éxcept business failures, 8s he had lost scveral _bundred dollars in running a pottery shop. Mr. Miller was a wealthy farmer, widely kuown, and about 70 years of age. Heleavesa e family to mourn his loss, ————— BUSINESS NOTICES, Store Crowded! A Perfect Rush! Every- body buying! All admit such great bargzains were never before offered in Chicago as are now to be had at the great hquidation sale of clothing, 141 Madison street, between Clark and LaSalle streets. Remember this great sale must positively close at the end of seven daye. CLOAKS. SPECIAL BARGAINS! ALL G003 HARKED PLAIN' FIGURES, Strietly e Price 500 Ladies] Germania Beaver and Matelasse Cloaks, bought at 80 cents on the dollar, and will be offered AT LESS THAN THE COST OF MATERIAL. At $8.50 we offer an Elegant Beaver Cloak, 48 inches long, and well worth $11.00. At $12.50 & Fine All-Wool Beaver Cloak, elegantly trimmed in silk, others ask £16.00. At $14.00 we offer & Fine Germania Beaver Cloek, 44 inches long, elegantly trimmed in Gros Grain Silk, and cannot be matched for less than $18.00. At $£20, $22, and £25 we offer a very fine line of Fine Germania Bea-' ver and Matelasse Cloaks, ele- gantly trimmed in Silk, Fringe, and Galoons; othersask $25.00, £30.00, and $35.00. PARDRIDGE'S MAIN STORE 114 & 116 State-st. N. B.~--Just received from New York Auctions, 25 casos of assorted Dress Goods and Silk, at & discount of 30 per cent below regular prices. LEGAL. ‘Master’s Sale. By order of the Clrcuit Court of the United States for Narthern Districe of Tliinals. in the sul:of Jona- of 1] Batlding, Nos. 157 1o 165 LaSalle-st. lilinols, on W ednesday. 3 e Hepullic Chicago ", 30, 1577, Life unty, 3 belnz 50 feet east front, fcel next routh thereof. together with the incs sud improvementy tieren. See sdvertlse- RY W, RISHOP, Master tn Chancery of said Coust. ichizan-a i BANKRUPT STOCKS, “WILL OFFER THE ENTIRE STOCK oF BOOTS & SHOES J. & H. S, HIGGINS, Twenty-second-st., At 50¢ on the Dollar ! This Stock consists of the Best of Maker Tracy, and Burnes--. Joots snd Shoes. 10,000 CARTONS OF Flowes,Ostrich Tins & Fancy Wings AT 30c ON THE DOLLAR. ancy Wings at 3¢ worth 10e, Zs at 5¢c and 10c, worth ings at 10 and 15c, 23 at 20 and 25c, worth ct gz:nt 15 and 25¢, cheap for 2,000 Ostrich Tips at 35 and 503, worth $1 . 8410, 121-3,15, 20, d 50¢, wortis from 250 ---Burts, Reyunold: oF Ludies and Chil 2,000 Fagcy'W 1,000 Faney W in, 5 d 80 5,000 Ostrich Ti and S1.! 10,000 Spra o JOB LOT OF 1,000 CLOAKS. 200 COloaksat $3and $3.50, worth £5 and $6. 100 Cloaks at ¥4.,50 and $5, worth S7 and 38. 200 Cloaks, Elegantly Trimme, at $6, $7, and $8, cheap at $8, 300 All Wool Beaver Closks at $8.50, worth 300 All Wool, Extra Loug, at $9, $10, and for 515, $10, and $18. N I CLOAKS at £14. SI5, $16, $18, and 320,worth from $20 to §40. 1,000 Ledies’ Crreulars at $3, former price SG.. 2,000 Children Cloaks at Less than Cost to Manutacture. BANKRUPT STOCK OF 5,000 Pisces Dress Goods at 10, 13 1-3, 20, and 33c, worth from 15 to 1,000 Singie and Double Broche Shawls at 8,36, $8, and 510, from Auction at Half Price. BOSTON STORE, 118 and 120 State-st. BANKRUPT STOCKS 1075 & NOVELTIES At 50 Cents on the Dollar. BUY NOW AND SAVE-MONEY Wax Dolls at 10c, w Waz Dolis at 5, worth 3. Shell Box at 10c. worth 256, Meral Bel:s at 10¢, worth 25c. 1,000 Dozen Pocketbooks at 10c, worth 25 Larzzest and finest line of Pocketbool 502 o1 the dollar. sig 100 SANPL. h 25c. o the oty a8 Eatchels at Sue, worth S1. Whips at 2, worth 1,000 Envelopes f Gents' Underwear W Lot of Sk Handkerchlefs Lot of Hair Brushes al ., Lot of Clothes Brushes at i6c. B acklog Brushes at 10c. Lot of Shisk Brooms at 8¢, Lot of Toy Brooma at Lot of Inrice LooKing Gladscs at 35 Sliver-Piuted Knives st $1 per set. Stlver-Plated Teaspoons st Wie. Silver-Plated Tablespoons 3t 75¢. Set of knivesand F' A-ottle Custors at Gue. Baskets and Willow- Ware at 5 Gents' Furalsnlng Goods nt. Ladies' Furnishing Goods at 50 Holi-Plated Jewelry, warranted. at less than 50c o “THR FATR,” 198 State-st, 61, 63, 65, and 67 Adams-sL. DOLLAR STORE. STEIN’S DOLLAR STORE HAVE OPENED STILL ANOTHER NEW DEPARTMENT, Consisting of a Fall Line of LADIES’ and GENTS FURNISHING G00DS, AXD OFFER SPECIAL BARGAINS 57" New Goods received dally. 106 EAST MADIS OUR FURN. Parties leaving their orders with os for Seal or Mink Sacques can RELY upon the QUALITY of the fur, and the FULL LENGTH in all cases. are practical farriers, and nesure patrons that we take more painy to please them than any Who work for pay and not reputation, while if you will ine ate vou will find tht that fact, together with ry amall expenses, enables us to give EXTRA- ORDINARY LOW PRICES. BROMWELL & G0, LATE WITH J. A. SMITH & CO., 161 STATE-ST. . B.—Seal Socques lengthened and trimme short Sacques made to prescnt style at small ex- EAL AND MIN SACQUES LENGTHEXNED To any desirable lengtn, in the most artistic style. FUR LININGS, For Silk Garments. A fallline of FINE LADIES' FURS, of my owa ‘harues moderate. J. ETTLINGER, PRACTICAL FURRIER. pn=st., sccond floor, Near McVicker's. rih 50c. ac 256, worth $1. manufactare. 74 Madis HANSTEIN'S Mechanics' Drawing Schoo!! m.and1t03p. m., &t Sundays from 9 to 255-261 North Clark-st. ction In Art Drawings and Drawings In il T O 4 Mechanical ruaches, Frivate fnstruc: KUJYSS. KUMYSS, 1 guarantee my Knmyss to beequal to the best in L 2 of 0. PECUSER, and Cpe: Wast Twenty-ave Tizht Barrel Coopers 2t new shop. 39 Dlinols-st. Best wages and steady employmens all the year. Allen Acatemy aud Polyteciuit Instiful, Nus. 144 and 146, Twenty-secoud-st..near Michigan-av. ouzhly equipped Boys and cnents. Able Fuculty of New pupils recelved at any time. Micnigna-av., Chicago. BRADFORD'S (LATE lsb, Erencn, and Ger- A mos: elegant and thor Sficen lnstructors. DA SILVA AND \irs. Upden Jioflman's man_ Boaraing ana (uy-Scligv! Childrep, with callst revpens Sept, 24. Al By comperént teache by c Rareoue Hawkine and Dr. Sesiiiale A 0ARDING-SCHOOL FOR BOYS. FOR bplicatlon may bemade by A separate class for buys under T Lecturesby Prot. B.